Window and door frame



p 1932- F. c. ANDERSEN ET AL WINDOW AND DOOR FRAME Filed Dec. 30', 1929[n mmiorj FEED QANDEEJEN fABL. CI. SWANsON I [Tree/vars Sept. 13, 1932.F. c. ANDERSEN ET AL 1,876,545

WINDOW AND DOOR FRAME Filed Dec. 50. 1929 2 s eets-sheet 2 Ina/anions#7850 G ANDEEJEN 54EL C. \S'WA NJoN ATTozNEY-a" Patented Sept. 13, 1932U IT-Ensures [PATENT OFFICE 1 FRED C. ANDERSEN, F BAYPORT, AND EARL G..SWANSON, STILLWATEB, MINNE- SOTLA, ASSIGNORS TO ANDERSEN.FRAMECORPORATION, OF BAYPORT MI1\TNESOTA,

A -GOEPORATION OF WISCONSIN v WINDOW AND DOOR Application filed December30.1929. Serial No. 417,421. 7

The object of our invention is to provide a window or door frame withprovision for mounting each jamb on the sill without the necessity ofnailing as the parts of the frame are being assembled.

A further object is to provide a means for j oini-ngthe sill and theambs together, which will not only holdthern firmly in their properrelative-position, but will provide means for '10 conductingrain orthe-water of melting snow or ice outwardly on the sill and away from theWindow frame and the wall of the building.

Afurther object is to provide a means for joining the sill and jambstogether,which will be comparatively simple and not add materially tothe expense of the frame while presenting asubstanti-alappearance'thereto.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detaileddescription.

The invention consists generally of various constructions andcombinations, all as hereinafter described and'particu l-arly pointedout in the claims. 7 r

In the accompanying drawings forming a 0 part of this specification;

Figure '1 's a plan view of a sill embodying our invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same 7 Figures 3 and 4 areperspective views showing the lower portion of the j ambs in position toengage the sill; V

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the sill. and ambs in theirassembled relation;

Figure 6 is an end view of the sill showing its relative position withrespect to the jamb when the parts are assembled; I

Figure 7 is a sectional view on the line 77 of Figure 6;

Figure 8' is a plan view of one end of a sill showing a slightlymodified construction;

Figure 9 is an inside view of the jamb adapted-to lit the sill of Figure8;

Figure 10 is ahorizontal sectional view through the jamb as mounted onthe sill;

Figurell is an end view ofthe sill and jamb assembled;

Figure 12 is a sectional view on the line 1212 of Figure 11; Figure 13is aplan view of one end of the sill showing a slight modification ofthe sill of Figure 8;

Figure 14 is a view of the inner face'of a jamb adapted for thisconstruction of sill;

Figure 15 is a horizontal sectional view through the j amb in positionon the sill;

' Figure 16 is an end view of the sill and the outer face of the jamb;and

Figure 17 is a sectional view on the line l717 of Figure 16.

In the drawings; 2 represents a window sill having preferably the usualend notches 8 and the raised upper portion 4 and the horns-5 at each endof the sill. 6 is a shoulder at the inner edge of the sill and 7represents notches formed in the inner edge of the sill from whichtransverse dados 8 extend through the raised portion 4 to a pointadjacent the outer edge of the sill. A continuation 9 of the shoulder 6is formed on the raised-sections 10 provided on the upper surfaceof thesill between-its vertical end faces and the dados 8. These dados are ofsuitable width and preferably correspond in depth to the raised portion4 of the sill so that the floor orrbottom of each dado is on a line andforms a continuation of the upper surface of the sill between the raisedportion 4: and the outer edge. The sill when set in. the frame will bedownwardly and outwardly inclined as usual in window and 7 end of thesill. As here shown, particularly 7 in Figure 7; the lower end of theiamb is adapted to enter and slide in the sill dado ceive the edge ofthe sill when the jamb and sill are assembled. The formation of thisrecess in the tongue '13 provides a neck 15 which preferably correspondsin thickness to the depth of the notch 7 in the sill so that when thejambs and sill are assembled with the lower end of each jamb fittingsnugly into its dado in the sill, the inner edge of the jamb will beflush substantially with the corresponding edge of the sill as shownplainly in the assembled view, Figure 5. The usual parting head 16 isprovided in the inner face of each jamb and a blind stop 17 having anotch 18 at its lower end is provided at the outer edge of each jambandis adapted, when the parts are assembled, to assume the position shownin Figure 5. The outer face of the blind stop will then be substantiallyflush with the corresponding edge of the raised portion 4 of the sill.

The recess 14 formed in the depending tongue 13 of each jamb will allowthe lower portion of this tongue to extend in under the edge of the sillas plainly shown in Figure 6so that when the parts are assembled, thesill and jamb will be firmly locked together and may be further securedby nailing through the neck portion 15 of each jamb into the sill or inany other suitable way. In Figure 8 a deeper recess 7* is provided inthe inner edge of the sill at each end and the shoulder 6 has gains 19adjacent the dado 8 The jamb 20 has a tongue 21 formed on the lower endadapted to enter and slide in the dado 8 while the shoulder 22 formed bythe tongue passes through the gain 19 and slides on the upper surface ofthe raised portion of the sill. At the inner edge of the jamb a linerstrip 23 may be provided instead of forming a tongue on the inner edgeof the jamb and the lower end 2 1 of this liner strip depends below theedge of the jamb and is adapted to enter the notch 7 and be seatedsnugly against the inner edge of the sill as, clearly illustrated inFigure 11. The inner liner strip as shown in Figure 10, forms acontinuation of the jamb and is used to build up this inner edge andavoid the necessity of using a wider piece of lumber for the jamb'itself.

The usual blind stop 17 is provided at the outer edge of the jamb with arecess in its lower end to provide a continuation of the tongue 21 andadapt the jamb for sliding into the dado and fitting snugly on thesurface of the sill.

In Figure 13, notches 7 and 7 are provided in the inner edge of the sillat each end and the amb 2O has the tongue 21 at its lower of the silland interlock therewith so that i the jamb and sill will be held firmlytogether, the liner strip 23 being 'of suitable thickness so that whenthe sill is inserted into the recess in the strip, the inner face of thestrip'will preferably be flush substantially with the edge of the sillas shown plainly in Figure 15. The usual blind stop 17 c is provided atthe outer edge of the jamb and the parting bead 16 is also providedintermediate to the inner and outer edges of the j amb.

These modifications in the manner of mounting the window and door frameambs on the sill, provide extremely convenient means for easily andquickly assemblingthe elements of the frame, all without addingmaterially to the expense of manufacture. A joint such as we haveshownand described between the jambs and the sill, not only aids in holdingthe parts firmly together, but tends to exclude moisture from passingthrough these joints into the wall of the building and any accumulationof moisture in or around the joints and entering the dados will beconducted thereby to the outer side of the sill. We have described onejamb and one end of a sill but the other end of the sill and the otherjamb will be a substantial duplication and while we have shown anddescribed a window frame it will be understood that the invention isequally applicable to and may be readily incorporated in theconstruction of a door frame.

We claim as our invention 1. A sill having a transverse dado in itsupper surface and a notch intersecting the inner end of the said dado,-a jamb having a lower end corresponding substantially in thickness tothe width of said dadoand fitting therein, said jamb having a dependingpart to enter the notch in said sill and said depending part beingprovided with a recess, the lower end of the jamb forming the upper wallof the recess and adapted to enter said dado and the lower wall of saidrecess being seated against the under surface of the sill when the silland jamb are assembled, the rear lower portion of the jamb back of therecess forming a neck adapted to receive a nail to hold the jamb andsill together.

2. A sill having a transverse dado in its upper surface and a notch inthe longitudinal edge of said sill intersecting the inner end of saiddado, a jamb having a lower end corresponding substantially in thicknessto the width of said dado and fitting therein, said jamb having adepending part at one edge provided with a transverse recess, the innervertical wall of which is seated against the corresponding wall of saidnotch when the sill and jamb are assembled, the lower face of saidrecess abutting the inner wall of said notch on the under side wherebysaid sill and jamb will be locked in their assembled relation.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this 21st day ofDecember, 1929. FRED C. ANDERSEN. EARL C. SWANSON.

